Posts tagged ‘glass half empty’

The first title of this post was “Glass Half Empty vs. Glass Shattered Against Wall,” but I decided that was a bit too harsh, despite yesterday’s awful Cubs loss to the D’Backs that guaranteed C.O.B.R.A. the series over the Cubs. The Cubs looked beaten on Tuesday after the first chance they had to score instead felt the inside of three infielders’ gloves. Sadly, maybe it’s exactly what we need. We who thought the Cubs had won the division in May. We who still remember how many Cubs All-Stars there were this year. We need to be pummeled by Doug Davis tonight, the latest pitcher that can join a club of growing “shoulda beat ‘em on paper” list.

Rock bottom awaits. For the 2008 Cubs it could be at 15 games over .500. In the words of Joe Mantegna…we can only hope.

I don’t care what happens tonight, which feels nice after being so angry after Monday’s loss and so confused after Tuesday’s meltdown. Rich Harden’s no-hitter plus no walks or hit batsmen (plural of Batman?) would have lasted who-knows-how-long if Mark Wegner (yes, that Mark Wegner) hadn’t taken his payback without having to lift a finger. Not lifting a finger actually was the payback, which made the only thing perfect on Monday the irony.

I’m taking some solace this morning, though, because I’m not the only one going through the ringer. That’s one of my favorite threads on our message board in awhile. It reminds me of the perfect qualities of a Cubs fan: fear, optimism, and hatred of optimism.

In today’s episode we were oddly upbeat despite talking about the 1-4 start to the 2nd half. I can’t explain that any more than I can (accurately) explain the Cubs’ troubles, other than to say that I am loosed by not caring about one game. Okay, if the Cubs win, I will definitely care and will probably run through my house singing the guitar intro to “Where the Streets Have No Name.” But we will see. In the meantime I only want to think about the Cubs playing at Wrigley, where D-Lee has 100x less chance of grounding into a 4-6-3.